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• Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Extends 2008 Disaster Declaration Due to Poor Salmon Returns - 04/30/09 (PDF)

• NMFS inseason revisions to Pacific Coast groundfish management measures in the commercial non-trawl fishery off Washington, Oregon, and California, effective May 1, 2009 - 04/30/09 (PDF)

• A basic summary of decisions from the April 2009 Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) meeting in Millbrae, California, has been posted on the Council's website at:
  http://www.pcouncil.org/decisions/currentdec.html - 04/13/09

• The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Groundfish Allocation Committee (GAC) will hold a working meeting, which is open to the public.  Meeting details are available on the Council's website: http://www.pcouncil.org/events/2009/gac05_09.html - 04/02/09

• NMFS announces the 2009 tier limits for vessels authorized to participate in the Limited Entry fixed gear sablefish primary season - 03/31/09 (PDF)

• The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) ad hoc groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review Committee (EFHRC) will hold a work session to evaluate proposals for modifications to EFH, habitat areas of particular concern, and areas closed to bottom contact gear. Proposals are scheduled to be presented to the Council for consideration at the June, 2009 Council meeting in Spokane, Washington.  Work Session details are available on the Council's website by visiting: http://www.pcouncil.org/events/2009/efhrc_05_09.html - 03/30/09
  
  For background documents, including requests for proposals, terms of reference, and EFHRC statement of intent, please visit the Council's new webpage regarding the Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Modification Process: http://www.pcouncil.org/groundfish/gfefh.html.

• Report on Sacramento River Fall Chinook Stock Collapse - 03/18/09 (PDF - 5.8 mb)
  • Appendix (PDF - 3.1 mb)

• Black Abalone Final Rule - 01/13/09 (PDF)
  • Reference List (PDF)
  • Status Review Report (BASR) (PDF)
  • Press Release (PDF)

• Final rule to revise regulations governing vessels authorized by the United States to fish for tuna and tuna-like species in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and to revise requirements for the submission of Fisheries Certificates of Origin, effective February 12, 2009 - 01/13/09 (PDF)

• Public Review Draft - The Use of Pesticide-treated Wood in Aquatic Environments: Guidelines to NOAA Fisheries Staff for the Endangered Species Act and Essential Fish Habitat Consultations - 12/05/08 (PDF)

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• Instructions for U.S. Albacore Vessels Wanting to Fish in Canadian Waters (PDF)

• Guide for Complying with the Vessel Fishing Requirements of the U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty - April 2009

• Final Opinion - Santa Felicia Relicensing - 05/05/08 (PDF)

• Final Opinion - Vern Freeman Diversion Dam - 07/23/08 (PDF)

• Small Entity Compliance Guide for the 2009 Pacific Sardine Annual Specifications - 02/19/09 (PDF)

• Russian River Biological Opinion - 10/01/08 (PDF)
  • Cover Letter (PDF)

• NMFS Draft 2008 Biological Opinion on the Long-Term Central Valley Project and State Water Project Operation, Criteria, and Plan 12/11/08 (PDF)
  • NMFS Draft OCAP Cover Letter 12/11/08 (PDF)

• Characterization of the West Coast Deep-set Longline Fishery Operating Outside of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone; Draft Environmental Assessment (PDF)

• North-Central California Coast Salmonid Watershed Characterizations

• Klamath Project Operations Final Draft Opinion (PDF)
  • Transmittal Letter (PDF)

• California Pelagic Longline Fishery

• Treated Wood in Aquatic Environments: Technical Review and Use Recommendations (PDF)

• Creosote-Treated Wood in Aquatic Environments: Technical Review and Use Recommendations (PDF)

• California Pinniped, Rookeries, and Haul-out sites

• Click Here for Information about the RC Programmatic Biological Opinion

• NOAA's National Ocean Service and NOAA Fisheries Project Impact Evaluation System

• Sediment Removal Guidelines (PDF)

• HMS FMP Biological Opinion (PDF)
  • Appendices (PDF)

• Caulerpa In Southern California Coastal Waters

• Biological Opinion for Proposed Fish Passage Improvement and Other USFS Activities in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (PDF)

• Biological Opinion for the Proposed Robles Diversion Fish Passage Facility Project (PDF)
  • Appendix A (PDF)
  • Robles Diversion Fish Passage Facilities Plans (PDF)
  • FAQ (PDF)

• NOAA Fisheries Report to the Board of Forestry on Salmonid Enumeration (PDF)

• Scoping Report for the Mendocino Redwood Company HCP EIR/EIS (PDF)

• Biological Opinion - Potter Valley Project

• Biological Opinion - Klamath Project Operations

• San Francisco Bay Environmental Work Windows for Dredging and Disposal

• Southern California Steelhead Range Extension Notice (PDF)

• California/Oregon Drift Gillnet Fishery